Smalley's Inn

James J. Smalley was born in the town of Philipstown, in 1813, where his parents, John and Elizabeth Smalley, spent their entire lives and reared their 4 sons. The educational advantages afforded Smalley were those of the public schools near his home, so he began life on his own account as a day laborer, building many of the stone walls in his native county. Later he owned a small place at Farmers Mills and in 1852 purchased the hotel at Carmel which he greatly improved, renames and successfully conducted as the Smalley Hotel until his death in 1867.